DON’T WANNA START ANOTHER FIRE

The second piece of work completed in 2019 – Colour Portrait Practice No. 11 – “Don’t Wanna Start Another Fire.”

“…
Lovers in the night
Poets trying to write
We don’t know how to rhyme 
But, damn, we try
…”
– “A Star is Born” soundtrack. 
Yes I watched the movie today, I was obssessed and I am still humming 🎶

Have you had that moment when you had some music going and you were running around doing chores..or brushing your teeth, then that song lifted you off the ground. You had to drop everything to find out who it was and what it was before it disappears off some random auto-play list. And then you caught it, you read the lyrics, you googled and read everything about it. And then you were doomed for two days with that song built in your system.

Yes this was one of those moments. Those lyrics stamped me for two days now “…don’t wanna start another fire,..”. As a solution, I decided to channel the obsession out in the way of painting. For the entire 7 hours, I was working and singing, while my fluffy studio assistant sitting in my beanbag drifting in and out of sleep. I took a break taking him to the park but I don’t recall anything about the walk but the green grass. By 9pm, this piece was finally completed on my kitchen bench top. I was so glad I could wipe that bench top to put some food on and those lyrics finally past through my mind.

The original is now available through https://bluethumb.com.au/lilyirisart/Artwork/don-t-wanna-start-another-fire

Prints will be available on society6.com and Redbubble.com.au very soon. Hope you like it.